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Growing Up in the Shadow of the Confederacy

Memorials to the Lost Cause have always meant something sinister for the descendants of enslaved people.
by Vann R. Newkirk II via The Atlantic on August 22, 2017

Strikers, Scabs, and Sugar Mongers

How immigrant labor struggles shaped the Hawaii we know today.
by Natasha Varner via Jacobin on August 22, 2017

A Most American Terrorist

The Making Of Dylann Roof.
by Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah via GQ on August 21, 2017

The Confederate General Who Was Erased

There's a reason you won't find many monuments in the South to one of Robert E. Lee's most able deputies.
by Jane Dailey via HuffPost on August 21, 2017

Falling Out of Love with the Civil War

America's unconditional love of the Civil War has blinded us to its true meaning.
by Sarah Handley-Cousins via Nursing Clio on August 21, 2017

Charlottesville: Why Jefferson Matters

Annette Gordon-Reed explores the ways in which the many paradoxes of Jefferson make him a potent figure for racists and anti-racists alike.
by Annette Gordon-Reed via New York Review of Books on August 19, 2017

Why I Changed My Mind About Confederate Monuments

Empty pedestals can offer the same lessons about racism and war that the statues do.
by Kevin M. Levin via The Atlantic on August 19, 2017

Heather Heyer Is Part of a Long Tradition of White Anti-Racism Activists

Like the abolitionists of yesteryear, white Americans who oppose racial oppression deserve to be remembered and emulated.
by Manisha Sinha via Washington Post on August 19, 2017
White nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the 'alt-right' clash with counter-protesters at the Unite the Right rally August 12, 2017 in Charlottesville, VA.
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When White Supremacists Strike, Police Don’t Always Strike Back

The long history of law enforcement's complicity in the affairs of right-wing insurgents.
by Dan Berger via Made By History on August 18, 2017

Spectacle of Hate

From cross-dressing to white robes to Tiki torches, what we can learn from white supremacists’ long history of carefully cultivating their own aesthetic.
by Rebecca Onion via Slate on August 17, 2017

The Pernicious Myth of the ‘Loyal Slave’ Lives on in Confederate Memorials

Statues don’t need to venerate military leaders of the Civil War to promulgate false narratives.
by Kevin M. Levin via Smithsonian on August 17, 2017
Man in foreground wearing neo-Nazi patch, man in background holding Confederate flag.
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Worshiping the Confederacy is About White Supremacy — Even the Nazis Thought So

Confederate memory nurtured fascism.
by Nina Silber via Made By History on August 17, 2017

Charlottesville and the Trouble with Civil War Hypotheticals

Only by the most specific, immediate definition can we consider the Confederacy to have lost the Civil War.
by Jelani Cobb via The New Yorker on August 16, 2017

White Nationalists Flock to Genetic Ancestry Tests. Some Don't Like What They Find

With the rise of spit-in-a-cup genetic testing, white nationalists are turning to science to "prove" their racial identity.
by Eric Boodman via STAT on August 16, 2017

A Confederate Statue Is Gone, But the Fight Remains in Durham

The city isn't rushing to put it back up.
by Nash Jenkins via TIME on August 15, 2017
Confederate rally.

The Book that Explains Charlottesville

The University of Virginia has long been a bastion of white supremacy and white supremacy–validating scholarship.
by Marshall Steinbaum via Boston Review on August 14, 2017

A Look Back at a 1939 Pro-Nazi Rally and the Protesters Who Organized Against It

Seventy-eight years ago, protesters and white supremacists clashed outside of Madison Square Garden.
by Matt Giles via Longreads on August 14, 2017
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What Would Jefferson Say About White Supremacists Descending Upon his University?

Jefferson had a complicated relationship with white supremacy.
by Ibram X. Kendi via Made By History on August 13, 2017
Violence during the "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville on August 12, 2017.

The Battle of Charlottesville

What happened in Virginia was not the culminating battle of this conflict. It’s likely a tragic preface to more of the same.
by Jelani Cobb via The New Yorker on August 13, 2017

The Lost Cause Rides Again

The prospective series takes as its premise an ugly truth that black Americans are forced to live every day: What if the Confederacy wasn’t wholly defeated?
by Ta-Nehisi Coates via The Atlantic on August 4, 2017

Populism Now Divides, Yet Once it United the Working Class

Our difficulties today are far removed from what the Populist Party tried to tackle. But their movement can nourish our imaginations.
by Adrienne Petty via Aeon on July 31, 2017
Robert E. Lee Statue in Charlottesville.
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Why We Need Confederate Monuments

They force us to remember the worst parts of our history.
by Caroline E. Janney via Made By History on July 27, 2017

What the Nazis Learned from America

Rigid racial codes in the early 20th century gained the admiration not only of many American elites, but also of Nazi Germany.
by Jessica Blatt via Public Books on July 6, 2017

History Writ Aright

What would it take for people "to know their history"? Pay attention to the silences.
by Brendan Wolfe via brendanwolfe.com on July 4, 2017

Supporters of Confederate Symbols Have Less Knowledge of Civil War History

This negates a commonly used defense that Confederate symbols represent ‘heritage not hate’.
by Logan Strother, Thomas Ogorzalek, Spencer Piston via USAPP on July 3, 2017
A crowd celebrates the removal of the Confederate flag from the South Carolina state house.

Bree Newsome Reflects On Taking Down South Carolina's Confederate Flag Two Years Ago

"Removing the flag in South Carolina was one thing, but racism exists in South Carolina as policy and social practice."
by Bree Newsome, Lottie Joiner via Vox on June 27, 2017

Six Nazi Spies Were Executed in D.C. White Supremacists Gave Them a Memorial

The memorial to the men sat in a field until 2010 when officials took a fork lift to it.
by John Woodrow Cox via Retropolis on June 23, 2017

The Making of an Antislavery President

Fred Kaplan's new book asks why it took Abraham Lincoln so long to embrace emancipation.
by Eric Herschthal via The New Republic on June 23, 2017
Katharine Hepburn, an iconic tomboy, cocking a gun in 1935.

Tomboys Were a Trend 100 Years Ago, but Mostly to Bring Up the Birth Rate for White Babies

Fear of diminishing broodstock got the gals going outdoors.
by Laura Smith via Timeline on June 21, 2017

The Confederate Flag Largely Disappeared after the Civil War

The fight against civil rights brought it back.
by Logan Strother, Thomas Ogorzalek, Spencer Piston via Washington Post on June 12, 2017
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